{"operation":"document","citation":"P-80-036","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-80-036","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1980-05-07","effective_on":"1980-05-07","summary":"THE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION: INSTALL ISOLATION VALVES IN THE FIRE WATER MAINS TO PREVENT THE SYSTEM FROM BECOMING COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF A BREAK IN ANY SINGLE PART OF THE FIRE WATER SYSTEM.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-036.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-036.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-80-036","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-80-036","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-80-036.\n\nTHE NTSB RECOMMENDS THAT THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION: INSTALL ISOLATION VALVES IN THE FIRE WATER MAINS TO PREVENT THE SYSTEM FROM BECOMING COMPROMISED BECAUSE OF A BREAK IN ANY SINGLE PART OF THE FIRE WATER SYSTEM.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1980-05-07\n\nAdopted Date: 1980-04-16\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1981-10-20\n\nSynopsis: ON OCTOBER 6, 1979, AN EXPLOSION CAUSED BY LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS (LNG) VAPERS DESTROYED A TRANSFORMER BUILDING AT THE RECEPTION FACILITY OF THE COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION, COVE POINT, MARYLAND. ODORLESS LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS LEAKED THROUGH AN INADEQUATELY TIGHTENED LNG PUMP SEAL, VAPORIZED, PASSED THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 210 FT OF UNDERGOUND ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND ENTERED THE SUBSTATION BUILDING. ONE PERSON WAS KILLD, AND ONE PERSON WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. DAMAGE TO THE FACILITY WAS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT $3 MILLION.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA80MP001\n\nReport Number: PAR-80-02\n\nAddressee Name: Columbia LNG Corporation\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1981-10-20\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1980-06-16\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: COLUMBIA LNG CORPORATION LTR: AFTER CONSULTATION WITH THE COAST GUARD AND THE MARYLAND FIRE MARSHAL, THE FIRE WATER SYSTEM WAS APPROPRIATELY MODIFIED DURING THE WEEK OF JUNE 2, 1980.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1981-10-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1561}